CVE-2005-0453 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.

Published: 2005-02-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0454	The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00812.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xml

History

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Subscriptions

Lighttpd Lighttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-16T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.155Z

Reserved: 2005-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0453

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0453

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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